By Andy Sullivan and Nathan Layne (Reuters) – A New York judge’s decision on Monday to set an April 15 trial date for Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case ups the odds the former president will face at least one verdict that could complicate his bid to retake the White House on Nov. 5. In another…
(Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, said on Wednesday that he will not donate money to either Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump or Democratic President Joe Biden in this year’s election. Trump met with Musk, one of the world’s richest individuals, with a small group of other people in…
ROCK HILL, South Carolina (Reuters) – Backers of Nikki Haley’s quest for the Republican presidential nomination are pouring money into states that hold early March nominating contests in a bid to keep her candidacy alive, regulatory filings and pro-Haley political operatives said. Those efforts have ramped up in recent days and reflect a growing belief…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s two major parties are set to meet on Monday to try and bridge differences over forming a minority coalition government after an inconclusive election, a top party official said, underscoring its political and economic instability. Analysts say the nuclear-armed nation of 241 million, which has been grappling with an economic crisis…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has ditched a controversial plan to buy 733 million euros ($790 million) worth of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, the defence ministry spokesperson said late on Saturday. “There is no purchase of Mirage jets. Even though it was planned, it has been cancelled … meaning there is no…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian anti-war presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin said on Monday that a working group of Russia’s Central Election Commission had found 15% of the supporters’ signatures he submitted to back his election bid to be invalid. That figure, if confirmed, is three times higher than the allowable error rate and would provide grounds…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on China again if he is elected in November and they could exceed 60 percent. “We have to do it,” Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday with the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I mean, look, the stock market…
By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) – The Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) on Friday said it had officially requested a postponement of the Feb. 25 presidential election, citing incidents it alleged had compromised the transparency and integrity of the vote. PDS is the former ruling party of Abdoulaye Wade. Their candidate, Wade’s son…
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Arab American leaders in Dearborn, Michigan skipped a meeting on Friday with President Joe Biden’s campaign manager that was organized ahead of a possible visit to the battleground state by Biden on Feb. 1, two participants and two sources said. Biden’s likely visit…
(Reuters) – The leaders of No Labels, a group preparing a potential third-party presidential bid, have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate a range of Democratic-leaning groups and activists who they say are working to thwart those efforts. The group on Thursday said a public and private pressure campaign by Democrats and allies of…
